SEA72DVC43

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-24 · Lyons, OR · May 18, 1972

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
May 18, 1972
Place
Lyons, OR · LYONS, OR
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N5719PPiper PA-24
Status
Completed · report February 13, 1973
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
167130

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1823  72/5/18    LYONS,OREG          PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 215
        TIME - 1130                    N5719P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 196 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LYONS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LYONS,OREG                  SEATTLE WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            TAKEOFF: RUN
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        REMARKS- ROUGH ENG.INSUFFICIENT RWY FOR SAFE ABORT. SWERVED TO AVOID TREES.

Aircraft

Registration
N5719P
Reported as
Piper PA-24
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Lyons

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